SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION IN
PARLIAMENT.
A POLICY OF CONCILIATION.
THROUGH BUTER'S AGENCY.]
Loxos, November 10th.
In the House of Lords. Lord Pasmoor.
in nsking för information as regards the situation in China, urged Britain to
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12,
SINO-JAPANESE TREATIES.
THE QUESTION OF REVISION. JAPAN'S REPLY.
(THROUGH KIUTER'S AGENCY.]
ARMISTICE DAY AT HOME.
IMPOSING CENOTAPH CEREMONY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, November 11th. PEXING, November 11th. Armistice Day was observed through- The Japanese reply to the Chinese out the Empire with customary solemnity. note regarding the Sino-Japanese treaty The ceremonial centred at the Cenotaph, says that it is happy to accede to the where in the presence of a huge crowd, request to revise the trerty in pursuance the King, the Prince of Wales, the Duke Article 26, but the Chinese note con of York, the Dominion Prime Ministers, tains passages which give rise to the pre-representatives from India and other.
monument.
There was afterwards an impressive
COAL DISPUTE. ·
STILL NO SETTLEMENT.
MINERS ATTITUDE TOWARDS MEDIATORS.
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LONDON, November 10th. The Miners Conference adjourned until to-morrow without having reached any decision to-day.
There is some dissatisfaction in Minis
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IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS BEING DISCUSSED.
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AMERICAN LINERS ARRIVE.
THE HOME. MAILS.
DETAILS OF PASSENGERS.
Two American liners arrived in part REGBY, November 10th.
yesterday morning. One was the 'Dollar Another report which was practically liner 1. President Pierce from the concluded to-day, was that on Workmen's North, with 153 Arst class cabin passen- Compensation. The Committee has beengers, including many of the passengers engaged in considering methods of over- 'from, the damaged President Harrison, coming the difficulties in the distribution which went aground up North last week. of money awarded ander Workmen's Com The President Pierce also brought, 363
Among the passengers. disembarking here were the Shanghai Interport Cricket team, whose names appear in our Inter- port Cricket Notes to-day.
Among other passengers on the Presi- dent Pierce were:-
exercise a large measure of patience, and sumption that a fundamental revision parts of the Empire and thousands of the terial quarters with the attitude of thepensation Acts in one part of the Empire steerage passengera.
is proposed not only in täriffs and com- publie laid wreaths on the base of the miners towards the T.U.G. Mediation to benefciaries resident in another part. to endeavour to promote conciliation and
mercial articles bat in the entire treaties "to do the utmost not to interfere with the which was not contemplated nor sanc-
Committee. The latter apparently made It has also considered the attitude in commercial, industrial or economic situationed by any of the existing stipula service at Westminster Abbey followed could not be fulfilled when the direct adopted in various parts of the Empire suggestions and gave promises which regard to Workmen's Compensation "sion because of its importance to employ- tions between China and Japan. by a procession to the tomb of the Un-
The latter, however, does not intend knowa Warrior. The two minutes silence conversations between the miners and towards aliens, especially in view of the conivention · drawn up by the Inter to limit the scope to the questions defined was marked by an almost complete cessa-
"It is understood that in the event, of national Conference of 1995. in Article 20 without prejudicing its tion of all activities. Everyone was wear-
ment in Britain.
Lord Balfour, replying, regretted that Lord Parmeer's speech might convey the impression that Britain. was pursuing a policy irritating to the Chinese, whereas British policy was uniformly directed to- warda removing every legitimate Chinese grievance and meeting every legitimate demand Chinese patriots might reason nhly make. One of the main causes of the present difficulties was due to the fact that the recommendations of the Washing ton Conference had not been carried out as speedily as the Conference anticipated. The delay in the ratification of the Treaty was a techniest cause, for which if any body were blameable it was certainly not Britain. Nothing. any foreign Power had done in China was responsible for the state of chronic military and civil
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al position. It is willing to agree to ing a Flanders poppy in response to Earl A more extensive revision of the Treaties, Haig's appeal for ex-service men. confident that the same sense of modera tion will mark China's action,
A Sense of Disappointment.
THE ITALIAN PLOTS.
There was
GARIBALDI. “
the Government were held.
negotiations being resumed hetween the Miners Executive and the Cabines Coal Committee, the latter will insist on, the miners putting into writing what they are prepared to do in the matter of conces
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It transpired when the Conference assembled, some of the delegates had received no mandate to agree to an exten-
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The Japanese reply calls attention to FURTHER ACCUSATIONS AGAINST siona a passage in the Chinese note stating that if a new treaty is not concluded
PARIS, November 11th. within six months, the Chinese Govern-
a painful scene in the ment will be compelled definitely to examination of Garibaldi who was coa-sion of hours. announce its attitude. "The Japanese fronted with three Italians whom he is Government is unable to conceal from supposed to have betrayed, and who themselves a sense of disappointment at angrily accused him for wishing to send such terms of reservation. The impli- them to Italy not only to carry revolu cation involved does not seem entirely tionary tracts but to in line with the spirit of mutual confid-lives of Fascist leaders. Garibaldi ence and helpfulness which alone can deeply moved and on the verge of ensure the success
of the proposed collapse. Ho requested a reapite from Britain was most anxious to be friend-negotiations. At all events, the Japanese examination which was granted.
Governtaent feel it is due to frankness to state that their acceptance of the
war there.
Anxious to be Friendly.
ly with the great Chinese community but that community had no single representa- tive with which we could deal. How, therefore, was it possible to carry out effectively the policy of conciliation we all so passionately desired to see made effective. Peking might promise redress for foreigners grievances but it was en- tirely powerless to perform.“
Question of Extra-Territoriality. As regards extra-territoriality, Lord Balfour said that the report of the Com- niission had not yet reached the Foreign Office but he believed that the arrange ment the Commission recommended had been unanimously recommended bath by the Chinese and foreign members. This seened most satisfactory, but he was not willing to commit himself further till he knew more. He agreed with Lord Parmoor that the existing tarifis could not be maintained in their integrity, but in view of the chaotic condition of China
the Tariff Commission had been unable
to sit. All it could do in carrying out
reforms was to await better times.
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proposal for a revision of the Treaties must not be construed as acquiescense. to any of the rights asserted in the Chinese communication.".
Hint at Abrogation.
All the Dominion, Premiers will be present at the Armistice Day service at the Cenotaph to-morrow morning, and they have been summoned to a meeting of the committee of Imperial Defence, which will meet later in the day.
A ROYAL PARTY.
FIVE HUNDRED GUESTS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
RUGBY, November 10th.
Further Details.
The King and Queen this afternoon RUGBY, November 10th. entertained about 500 guests at a party The Miners Delegate Conference a given at Buckingham Palace, in honour attempt thesembled to-day to decide whether to of the Overseas representatives at the authorise the Executive to continue Imperial Conference. All the Dominion
otiations on the basis of district Premiers were present.
DIPLOMATS MEET.
RUSSIA, TURKEY, PERSIA
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settlements without any reservation as to the length of the working day not exceed- ing seven hours. The Executive made no recommendation to the Conference. Mr. A. J. Cook, Secretary of Federation, gave CONSTANTINOFLE, November 11th. a lengthy report on the interviews which Considerable speculation has been occa-had taken place with the Government. sioned by the unexpected arrival of Mr. Herbert Smith, the President, said Tewfik Rushdi from Angera. The latter that the Executive, in these interviews It is learned that the Japanese Legain an interview declared that he might with the Government, had gone as far as tion has forwarded a reply to the Chinese see the Persian Minister, but without any note regarding the Sino-Japanese Treaty special motive. of 1896, based on a demand for revision of Article 26, which laid down that either party at the end of each ten years might demand a revision of tariffs and the com- mercial articles of the treaty."
PEKING, November 10th.
It is also laid down that if no such demand be made and no such revision be effected within six months, the treaty will remain in force for ten years more.
The note demands a revision of the
whole treaty, not only the commercial clauses, and urges carly negotiations so that they may be concluded within six months. If not, the Chinese Government reserves the right to declare its attitude to the old treaty..
This presumably is a hint of abroga-
tion.
There was nothing that Britain desired more than good feelings between the two communities. The Chinese had just reason for disappointment at the delay in carrying out the recommendations of the Washington Conference, and Britain It is also learned that the Japanese also agreed that there were reforms which might and should be carried out. The last Legation has forwarded to the Foreign thing we desired to do was to suggest that Office a reply to the Chinese note regard we held or desired to hold any illegiti-ing the Sino-Belgian Treaty. mate position of superiority in connee- tion with the affairs of China and if Sino-British representatives could frank- ly converse it would be found that differ-.. ences of principle did not exist..
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Special Arrangements. Temporarily, however, special arrange. ments might have to be made, not inter- fering with the dignity of China or her Rutonomous development of exterior ar rangements, but arrangements of a some what exceptional character. That was easily arrangeable between the Chinese and ourselves, but it was impossible to see how any satisfactory policy could be Western Power or all of the Western Powers acting together, till Chinu set her own house in order.
The Canton Boycott.
DR. WELLINGTON KOO.
WANTS TO RESIGN HIS POST.
PEKING, November 10th.
He denied there was
any question of the so-called Pan-Asiatic League.
Rushdi's visit to Odessa is described in an official communiqué as a confirmation of the friendly relations of the two coun- tries and the personal esteem whereby the two Miniaters are actuated.
Kasso-Turkish Parley.
Moscow, November 10th. M. Tehitcheria has gone to Odessa to meet Towfik Rushdi, the Turkish Foreign Minister, who is proceeding to Odessa
aboard a Turkish warship.
OPIUM ON THE “KUMSANG."
SEIZURE AT SINGAPORE.
SINGAPORE, November 11th.
Revenue officers have seized a quantity of illicit opium, valued at $25,000, on the steamer Kumsang sailing from "China ports." There have been no arrests.
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BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.
The Board of Trade returns for October
follows:-Exports £53,176,000, importa £111,013,000, in
Are
Dr. Wellington Koo, the foreign creasca of £2,438,000 and £8,289,000 res
circular telegram Minister, issued a following the Cabinet meeting yesterday, addressed to the leading military leaders, expressing a desire to resign.
He stated that he had done his best
peftively as compared, with September."
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] AMERICAN ATHLETIC SPLIT.
they believed they had been authorised to go by the last Conference of Miners' Delegates, and the present Conference had therefore been convened for farther instructions. Delegates asked a number of questions, and explanations were given. Reports were read on the position in the various coal fields, which showed a con. siderable increase in the number of men who had returned to work since the dele gatea last met.
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THE SCHNEIDER CUP.
RACE POSTPONED,
New Yonk, November 11th.
A message from Norfolk, Virginia, says that owing to high winds prevent- ing trials, the Schneider Cup Race has been postponed till Saturday,
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Mr. C. H. Benson, general Oriental manager of the American Express Co., turning here after six months' stay in America,
Mrs. Y. Williamas, wife of Commander E. Williams of the U.S.S. Huron disem- barking here to join her husband.
Alra. C. S. Williams, wife of Admiral C. S. Williams' who is on the Huron.
Mr. J. Gould, a prominent stock broker of Hongkong, returning and accompanied by Mrs. A. Gould.
Mr. M. Q Clark, manager of the Standard Oil Co. in Canton, disbarking bere.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Page of New York, en route to Hongkong. Mr. Fage is a department manager of the Standard Oil Co.
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The names of other passengers will be found in the passenger list.
The President Pierce also brought. mails from U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai, and Europe ri Siberia. She sails at 3 p.m. to-day for Manila, returns here next Friday and sails for Shanghai and San Francisco on Sunday next at. 10a.m., taking with her again the Shang- hai interport cricketers.
The President Grant (Admiral Oriental Liner) arrived from Manila, and sails. again for Seattle to-day at 5 p.m. to-day. There are about sixty passengers embark ing from Hongkong, and the vessel brought about fifteen from Manila. Both the liners referred to carried good freights.
The President Pierce brought 1,156 tons of general cargo for discharge here. She will discharge here a total of 859 bags of mail. The vessel discharged in Shanghai 1,150 of silver bullion consign.....
2G.729,378.00.
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Italian Competitor's Gallant Trial.
NEW YORK, November 10th. On the eve of the Schneider Cup nero plane racs, which is being held at Need to Shanghai banks, valued folk, Virginia, to-morrow, the Italian
Among the passengers sailing to-day on Captain Ferrarin (hero of the Roue- the President Grant are Mr. G. Fisher, Tokyo Bight in 1920) won the American Canton agent for Messrs. Gerrin Devard, Mr. T. A. Hines of the American Express naval aviators' admiration yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Hines, for America. morning, when in the face of a bad Mr. Jenkinson of the Travel Department squall, he took off in a tiny red racing of the American Express and 20 mis- sionaries, who have been attending the machine. The wind increased to fortyEvaluation Conference at Canton, will miles per hour and rain fell in torrente. sail for Shanghai by the same vessel. The Conference adjourned until to-mor-There was general relief at the Italian's row, no decision having been reached. safe return to shore on completion of bis navigability tests. Later, when the It is stated in political circles' that before storm had abated, the American, Lieut. negotiations go any further, the Govern Cuddiby, covered the trophy course at a maximum speed which was in excess of ment will require a written guarantee from the Miners' Executive that it is 240 miles per hour. Others of the Ame
rican team, Lieuta. Champion and Schilt, empowered by the Conference of Dele are all fying Curtis machines. Italy is gates to agree to district settlements the only other nation competing and is without any reservation as to hours.
represented by Capt. Ferrarin, Major De Bernardi, and Lieut. Bacula, dying Macchi-Fiat seaplanes.
RUSSIA'S INDEBTEDNESS TO. GREAT BRITAIN. · FINANCIAL CLAIMS STILL UNSETTLED.
MARRIAGE OF MISS LEVESON.
DAUGHTER OF FORMER ADMIRAL
ON CHINA STATION.
SIR CLAUD AND LADY SEVERN AMONG THE GUESTS.
RUGBY, November 10th
Chamberlain, Sir Austen'
Foreign Secretary stated in the House of Com- mone to-day that no progress had been made towards a settlement of the British financial claims against Russia either State or private. Answering farther
The marriage took place, on October questions, he said he had had a general 11th, at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton statement from representatives of the of Lieut. W. D. Stephens, Royal Navy, Soviet in this country, who would wel H.M.S. Concord, son of the late Mr. come negotiations to put Anglo-Russian Jefferson Stephens and Mrs. Jefferson relations ons better footing, and he had Stephens, of 30, Upper Berkeley-street. fol negotiations. The first and foremost of Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, First and these conditions was that the one poli-Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the tical stipulation embodied in trade agree King, and Lady Leveson, of West Laving- ment Lould henceforth be kept, namely ton Hill, Midhurst. The Rev. H. B. the cessation outside Russian borders of Colchester (uncle of the bride) and Pre- official propaganda against the constitu bendary Gough officiated. tion of British Empire.
enrried out either by ourselves or any to uphold the sovereign rights of China HARVARD-PRINCETON RELATIONS indicated conditions precedent to success and Miss Jemima Leveson, duughter of
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by announcing the abrogation of the Sino-Belgian Treaty and hoped conditions throughout China would soon be restored to normal, so that the Powers would have In the House of Commons, answering questions, Sir Austen Chamberlain was no excuse for refraining to treat China unable to say that the calling off of Can-as, an "equal. ton's boycott of Hongkong was the result
of an understanding between the two
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BROKEN OFF... PRINCETON, November 11th. The chairman of the board of athletic control at Princeton university announces that all athletic relations between Prince- tor and Harvard are severed as from to-day. This drastic step will have the
Governments. There were conversations CHANG TSO LIN LEAVES FOR effect of breaking up the big thres"
TIENTSIN. PRKING, November 10th.
between His Majesty's Consul at Canton and the local authorities, but he was un- able to say that they resulted in an agree- ment:
Questioned as regards the "British" All the evening vernacular newspapers Government's policy on the subject of announce that Marshal Chang Tso Lin the proposed interim Chinese tariff, Sir left Mukden this morning for Tientsin. Austen Chamberlain said that the cor- sideration thereal cannot be renewed till China was in a position to resume nego tiations with the Powers.
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JAPANESE SILK, INDUSTRY.
GOVERNMENT TO HELP.
BRITISH - FILM INDUSTRY,
-ED IN THE SUBJECT,
Rodex, November 10th.
The inward mail from Home vis Europe (letters and papers, October 14th, and parcels. October 7th) arrive to-day. on the P. & O. & Delta. Among the following:-Mr. and Mrs. G.. H. M. passengers expected on this liner are the Barnerman, Mrs. I. Blackmore, Rev. T Barclay, D.D., Miss Cullen, Mr. G. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Pulton, Miss. Field, Miss Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. F. H.. Holdman, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrison, Mr. A. C. Kennedy, Mr. W. J. Lockhart Smith, Miss Londwell, Miss Lloyd, Miss E. L Melville, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. E. Marka, Mr. D. McCormack, Mr. A. A. Nicol, Mr. and Mrs. A. Palmer, Mr. E. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. D. Muir, Miss Mel. Paterson, Mr. L. D. Richards, Miss S. L. Summerskill, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, and Mr. W. A. White. ...
The outward mail for Home will despatched to-morrow morning on the P. & Os.. Mantua, which arrives "to-day from Japan and Shanghai with mail and passengers The Xmas and New Year o'clock, and will be despatched on the parcel mail for Home closes to-day at five Mantua.
THE QUEEN'S THEATRE.
LON CHANEY IN THE MONSTER."
almost stand on end abound in the pic ture-ghostly it is, more terrifying than the ghostliest story, s
The horribleness is, however, relieved ta by a comic element. There is Johnny,
The bride, who was given away by her Lon Chaney is a great actor, and the father, wore a medieval gown of cream more horrible the character he has to satin, with a veil of old Honiton lace portracy, the greater in his achievement. and a full train of old Spanish lace lent In The Monster" a picture which open- IMPERIAL CONFERENCE INTEREST-by her mother). The four bridesmaidsed at the Queen's Theatre last night, no of the American sporting world, namely
Miss Mary Leveson, Miss Pamela Leveis superb. He is a monster," horrible, eon (sisters of the bride), Miss Muriel maniacal, and yet wierdly fascinating Harvard, Yale and Princeton, which
Stephens (sister of the bridegroom), and Horrors, that are avoided in the nick of have dominated football, baseball and The draft report on the production and Miss Cecily Gordon-Cumming wore time, terrors which makes one's hair exhibition of cinematograph films within dresses of peach-shot taffeta, with red athletics in America for forty years,
The trouble began this year when Har- the Empire, which has been completed, velour hats, and they carried bouquets of vard suggested the omission of Princeton will be placed before the Economie Com red roses from the list of football Extures in favour Friday. The Sub-Committee which has the
mittee of the Imperial Conference on Licut Charles Addis, Royal Navy; was. best man," and naval officers form- of the University of Michigan. The ill been examining this complicated questioned the Guard of Honour. feeling culminated last Saturday when has had before it a mass of information The reception after the ceremony was the amateur detective, with the bewilder throngs of Princeton undergraduates at collected during the past year by the held at 18, Lennox gardens (lent by Mr. ed lace, who seeks to be brave, but is tending a Harvard-Frinceton match at Board of Trade in discussions with vari and Mrs. Geoffrey Shaw), and was very frightened out of his wits even by a Cambridge, in which Harvard was beaten ous sections of the cinema industry as largely attended, among those present look. The word "ingenuity" is his by 18-0, were greeted with a special issue well as full statements of the position being:-Lady Leveson (mother of the platitude, and he really succeeds in of the Lampoon, & paper published by of the film industry in each of the Domi- bride), Mrs Jefferson Stephens (mother boing ingenious by accident. He is the most insulting jeats at the expense of has been to suggest measures by which a Levesos, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Leveson, Then there is the girl, and a pretty undergraduates of Harvard, containing nions. The aim of the Sab-Committee of the bridegroom), Mr. and Mrs. Harry hero, and such a loveable hero replying for the Government said we had y.22,500,000 at a low rate of interest Princeton any American papers have proportion of the films of Empire origin Mr. William Loveson, Mr. and Mrs. girl at that. Johnny's "ingenuity been pioneers in trade with China, which has been carried on with great advan. for one year to the Japan Central Silk Beverly criticised the Lampoon, as conmight be generally increased and an ex Ronald Macleod, Mr. and Mrs. Lancelot, saves her at the critical moment, and
il canons of sport and good change of such films among different Leveson, the Rev. H. B. and Mrs. Col Johnny wins her,
parts of the Empire might be arranged. chester, Commander and Mrs. Blackwood, Few subjects on the agenda of the Con- Mrs. Francis Blackwood, Mr. and Mrs. CANADA AND U.S.
ference have attracted so much general Ludovic Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Bramwell, discussion as that relating to films and, Sir. Denison and Lady Ross, Sir Claud FIRST PLENIPOTENTIARY in his opening addreas to the Conference, and Lady Severn, Sir Archibald Boss, Sir
APPOINTED.
the President of the Board of Trade Charles and Lady Addis and Miss Addis, voiced the general feeling of the dele-Sir Edward and Lady Pearce, we ad gates that something should be done to The bride and bridegroom afterwards It is officially aunoticed that Mr. Vin-stimulate the industry, so that more filmas left for Malta, Mrs, Stephens wearing cent Massey has geen appointed as first should be available with a background of beige crape de Chine dress, with a coat Canadian plenipotentiary to Washington. British customs, traditions and manner.
to match, and a red hat
Bucay, November 10th.
The situation in China was raised in
the House of Lords. The Earl of Balfour
The
TOKYO, November 11th..
decided Government has
to
authorise the Bank of Japan to advance
tage to China as well as ourselves for & Association, for the purpose
long period and we still had probably taining the price of raw silk.'-- the most important share in that great traffic. It was also true that we had been
trary to all,
( main taste.
Toxyo, November 11th.
the greatest losers from the recent dis END OF PAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS. turances. ́ ́ Ho would dispel any sugges tions that we had pursued a policy irritating to China, and by which both ourselves and China were heavy losers.
N.B.--Message not completed owing to
temporary breakdown of Rugby.
The third Pen-Pacific Science Congress.
has closed after deciding to hold the
fourth Congress in Fara ín 1920.
OTTAWA, November 11th.
Daffy Dan, a grotesque laughing 'idiot also relieves the borribleness of the situa (Chaney's) servant, is as terrible as tions Caliban, the insane surgeon's Shakespeare's Caliban, and Rigo, another servant, is a fearsome embodiment of blood-curdling fate,
It is a great picture with Lon Chaney
to-night and to-morrow night
at his greatest: It is being. continued